Syed Ahmed Ullah Hussaini

Since Sep '11 with Serck Services International, Sharjah, UAE as Network Administrator

Key Result Areas: • Liaising with the IT Director on all tasks
• Single-handedly looking after the: o Installation of centralized antivirus management using Eset Nod32 Version 4 and 5
o Firewall Security Using Cyberoam for Anti-spam, email security and content filtering, network management and gateway & load balancing
o Use of the Network photocopiers and printers
o Troubleshooting of Windows 98 XP Professional and Windows 7 Operating System
o Installation and configuration of Outlook, Outlook Express, Outlook 2003, 2007 and Microsoft Office 2010
o Mail Application using Google Apps
o Computer security and anti-virus updates, etc.
o Maintenance of Windows four 2003 Servers
• Adroitly developing recommendations for new equipment and services to purchase and works with various vendors for procurement
• Deftly reorganizing the active directory user profiles and preferences
• Maintaining the entire technical documentation as well as providing emergency on-call support in day to day activity
• Looking after the installation & testing of computers and related network hardware in a LAN environment
• Ensuring backup using Veritas backup Exec 12 on tape drives and external storage devices

Oct '10-Jun '11 with Kingdom Hospitals & Consulting Clinics, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as Network Engineer

Key Result Areas: • Administered: o Migration from exchange 5.0 to exchange 2003 with all user preferences
o Installation of exchange server 2003 and created all the user accounts and mail-box quotas
o Establishment of VPN from head office to site office
o Windows 2003 servers, NT 4.0 and File Server on NT 4.0
o Active directory services environment
o Distribution of internet using I.S.A server 2004
o Installation and configuration of Centralized Kaspersky Anti-Virus Server
o MS Exchange 5.0 for e-mail Outlook on NT 4.0
• Monitored the set-up of user restrictions and access hours (ISA)
• Maintained daily, weekly and monthly backup on tape and disk drives as well as on Symantec Backup Exec.
• Contributed in the up-gradation from Windows 2000 OS to Windows XP
• Skilfully installed additional and backup domain controller

Nov '07-Jul '10 with Al-Abkaryah Holdings, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as System Engineer

Key Result Areas: • Monitored the entire configuration of: o Client, machines to access, servers, network printer, share folders, internet
o Active directory and its services
o DNS, DHCP, & Print server
o Internet, printers, and other services
• Single-handedly administered the: o Windows 2003 server environment
o Active directory services environment
o Entire datacenter for the construction sector
o User accounts security policies and permissions
• Looked after the installation of: o All versions of windows operating systems and various applications like: AutoCAD Photoshop, Primavera, Office XP, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Microsoft Project, CorelDraw, Acdsee
o Centralized Antivirus Management using Symantec End Point Protection
o MS Exchange 2003 and 2007 for email, Outlook
o Back-ups and restore using Veritas 8.5 software on HP DDS 3 data cartridges at sites offices and SDLT 320 data cartridges at the head office
• Deftly developed user's mail box and assigning mailbox quotas as per company requirement
• Managed the distribution of Internet using I.S.A Server 2006

Previous Experience

Nov '04-Aug '07 with Accord Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India as Systems Engineer